BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.
- From 1952 to 1967, there were two Best Actress awards presented, Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress.
- From 1968 onwards, the two awards merged into one award, which from 1968 to 1984 was known as Best Actress.[1]
- From 1985 to present, the award has been known by its current name of Best Actress in a Leading Role.[2]
| BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
|---|---|
 The 2022 recipient: Cate Blanchett | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Simone Signoret for Golden Helmet (1952) |
| Currently held by | Cate Blanchett for Tár (2022) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
Winners and nominees
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Vivien Leigh was the first winner in this category for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Shirley MacLaine won for Ask Any Girl (1959) and The Apartment (1960)
Leslie Caron won for The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Julie Christie won for Darling (1965)
Elizabeth Taylor won for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Edith Evans won for The Whisperers (1967)
Maggie Smith has the most wins in this category for her roles in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), A Private Function (1984), A Room with a View (1985), and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Katharine Ross won for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Glenda Jackson won for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Liza Minnelli won for Cabaret (1972)
Joanne Woodward won for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
Ellen Burstyn won for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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Diane Keaton won for Annie Hall (1977)
Meryl Streep has received 12 nominations in this category, winning twice for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and The Iron Lady (2011)
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Julie Walters won for Educating Rita (1983)
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Annette Bening won for American Beauty (1999)
Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich (2000)
Nicole Kidman won for The Hours (2002)
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Scarlett Johansson won for Lost in Translation (2003)
Kate Winslet won for The Reader (2008)
Carey Mulligan won for An Education (2009)
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Natalie Portman won for Black Swan (2010)
Emmanuelle Riva won for Amour (2012)
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Julianne Moore won for Still Alice (2014)
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Brie Larson won for Room (2015)
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Emma Stone won for La La Land (2016).
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Frances McDormand won twice for her roles in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and Nomadland (2020)
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Joanna Scanlan won for After Love (2020)
Best British Actress (1952–1967)
Best Foreign Actress (1952–1967)
1968–1979
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actress | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 74th [25] | |||
| Frances McDormand | Nomadland | Fern | |
| Bukky Bakray | Rocks | Olushola "Rocks" Omotoso | |
| Radha Blank | The Forty-Year-Old Version | Radha Blank | |
| Vanessa Kirby | Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss | |
| Wunmi Mosaku | His House | Rial Majur | |
| Alfre Woodard | Clemency | Bernardine Williams | |
| 2021 75th [26] | |||
| Joanna Scanlan | After Love | Mary Hussain | |
| Lady Gaga | House of Gucci | Patrizia Reggiani | |
| Alana Haim | Licorice Pizza | Alana Kane | |
| Emilia Jones | CODA | Ruby Rossi | |
| Renate Reinsve | The Worst Person in the World | Julie | |
| Tessa Thompson | Passing | Irene Redfield | |
| 2022 76th | |||
| Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár | |
| Viola Davis | The Woman King | General Nanisca | |
| Danielle Deadwyler | Till | Mamie Till | |
| Ana de Armas | Blonde | Norma Jeane Mortenson / Marilyn Monroe | |
| Emma Thompson | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nancy Stokes / Susan Robinson | |
| Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Quan Wang |
Note: Between 1964 and 1973, several actresses were nominated for multiple performances in a single year, these each count as one nomination.[27] Scarlett Johansson's two mentions in 2003 count as two separate nominations.[28] The two mentions received by Kate Winslet in both 2004 and 2008 count as two separate nominations each time.
Note: The 2013 ceremony was the first time in the history of BAFTA that two French actresses were nominated for French-language performances in this category: Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone and Emmanuelle Riva for Amour; the latter won.[29]
Superlatives
| Superlative | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Best Supporting Actress | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Maggie Smith | 4 | Judi Dench | 3 | Judi Dench Maggie Smith |
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| Actress with most British Actress Awards (until 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 3 | — | — | Audrey Hepburn | 3 |
| Actress with most Foreign Actress Awards (until 1967) | Simone Signoret | 3 | — | — | Simone Signoret | 3 |
| Actress with most nominations | Meryl Streep | 12 | Judi Dench | 9 | Meryl Streep | 15 |
| Actress with most British Actress Award nominations (until 1967) | Audrey Hepburn | 5 | — | — | Audrey Hepburn | 5 |
| Actress with most Foreign Actress Award nominations (until 1967) | Shirley MacLaine | 5 | — | — | Shirley MacLaine | 5 |
Note: Meryl Streep and Judi Dench tie for the record of a total of 15 BAFTA Film nominations, with Streep having 12 Best Actress nominations and 3 Best Supporting Actress nominations. Dench has 5 Best Actress nominations and 9 Best Supporting Actress nominations. Dench's 15th nomination is for Best Newcomer in 1966 (which she won). This gives her 6 BAFTA Film wins. In addition, she has won 4 BAFTA TV awards (from 12 nominations). In total, she has received 27 BAFTA Film & TV nominations with 10 wins. In 2001, Dench also received an honorary BAFTA: The BAFTA Fellowship.
Note: Maggie Smith has a total of 13 BAFTA Film nominations, for Best Actress (8), Best Supporting Actress (4) and Best Newcomer (1), winning 5. She also has 5 BAFTA TV nominations. This gives her a total of 18 BAFTA Film and TV nominations. In addition, Smith has received two honorary awards: The BAFTA Special Award (1993) and BAFTA Fellowship (1996).
Multiple nominations
- 12 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Anouk Aimée
- Julie Andrews
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Leslie Caron
- Glenn Close
- Marion Cotillard
- Judy Davis
- Faye Dunaway
- Jodie Foster
- Lady Gaga
- Goldie Hawn
- Susan Hayward
- Judy Holliday
- Celia Johnson
- Grace Kelly
- Anna Magnani
- Giulietta Masina
- Virginia McKenna
- Melina Mercouri
- Hayley Mills
- Yvonne Mitchell
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jeanne Moreau
- Patricia Neal
- Natalie Portman
- Emmanuelle Riva
- Julia Roberts
- Rachel Roberts
- Susan Sarandon
- Maria Schell
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Jean Simmons
- Barbra Streisand
- Sylvia Syms
- Jessica Tandy
- Audrey Tautou
- Uma Thurman
- Rita Tushingham
- Liv Ullmann
- Julie Walters
- Reese Witherspoon
- Michelle Yeoh
- Ziyi Zhang
Multiple wins
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
- BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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